1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships

none August 2023 The 1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships was the inaugural edition of the annual international road running competition organised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF). The competition was hosted by the United States on December 3, 1983 in San Diego, California and featured one race only: a 10k run for women. There were individual and team awards available, with the national team rankings being decided by the combined score of a team's three best athletes. Countries with fewer than three finishers were not ranked.IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-09. Wendy Sly of Great Britain was the winner of the race in a time of 32:23 minutes. She was followed by two Americans, Betty Springs and Lesley Welch. The United States won the team competition, with the third American runner Ellen Hart Peña also placing in the top ten. Canada, led by fourth-placer Nancy Tinari, was second in the team competition and Monica Joyce led the Irish women to the team bronze medal. A total of 66 women from 18 countries entered the race and 62 finished the distance. Nine nations entered more than three athletes and eight of these reached the team rankings with three finishing athletes (England being the exception). The United States had the largest contingent, with 16 entrants.1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2018-02-09. The Soviet Union's Raisa Sadreydinova was a prominent entrant, having set a 10,000 metres world record earlier that year, but she failed to finish. The competition proved a development in global level competitions for women in long-distance running: the launch of this race was a push by the IAAF to the International Olympic Committee to gain Olympic recognition of this distance for women.Women runners send a message to the IOC. Santa Cruz Sentinel (1983-12-05). Retrieved 2018-02-09. A women's race was subsequently added for the 10,000 metres at the Olympics in 1988, following on from the first Olympic marathon for women in 1984.Athletics Women's 10,000 metres Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07. Results Individual RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s) Wendy Sly GBR 32:23 Betty Springs USA 32:23 Lesley Lehane USA 32:414 Nancy Tinari CAN 32:575 Dorthe Rasmussen DEN 33:036 Midde Hamrin SWE 33:067 Silvia Ruegger CAN 33:068 Monica Joyce IRL 33:149 Ellen Hart Peña USA 33:1510 Lisa Martin AUS 33:1911 Debbie Peel GBR 33:2512 Suzanne Girard USA 33:2513 Anna Marie Malone CAN 33:3814 Alba Milana ITA 33:4015 Carey Edge IRL 33:4716 Jan Merrill USA 33:5117 Monika Schäfer FRG 33:5118 Carol McLatchie USA 33:5619 Regina Joyce IRL 33:5720 Lizanne Bussières CAN 33:5821 Jacqueline Gareau CAN 33:5822 Michele Bush USA 34:0123 Glenys Quick NZL 34:0524 Francine Peeters BEL 34:0725 Lisa Brady USA 34:1126 Raisa Smekhnova URS 34:1227 Christina Mai FRG 34:1328 Sara Harnett NZL 34:1829 Mary Knisely USA 34:1930 Elly van Hulst NED 34:3131 Magda Ilands BEL 34:3332 Anna-Maria Tweedie NZL 34:3833 Nancy Conz USA 34:4534 Rhonda Mallinder AUS 34:5435 Rita Marchisio ITA 34:5936 Gabriela Górzyńska POL 35:0037 Eryn Forbes USA 35:0738 Nancy Ditz USA 35:1039 Laura Fogli ITA 35:1541 Elvira Hofmann FRG 35:2342 Winnie Ng HKG 1959 35:2444 Noriko Yamada JPN 35:2745 Patricia English USA 35:3046 Marica Mrsic YUG 35:3449 Joke van Gerwen NED 35:4350 Maria Curatolo ITA 35:4951 Melinda Ireland USA 35:5352 Kimberly Griffin USA 36:0253 Eefje van Wissen NED 36:0554 Bonnie Tamis USA 36:2455 Anna Krol POL 36:4357 Wilma Rusman NED 37:0558 Eleonora de Mendonça BRA 37:1859 Ewa Wrzosek POL 37:3860 Renata Walendziak POL 37:4061 Susanne Riermeier FRG 37:4362 Yvonne Murray GBR 38:28 — Cynthia Hamilton CAN DNF — Raisa Sadreydinova URS DNF — Ruth Partridge GBR DNF — Heather Thomson NZL DNF Team Rank Team Points Betty Springs, Lesley Welch, Ellen Hart Peña 14 , 24 , 42 4 , 74 5 , 83 6 , 85 7 , 88 8 , 132 9 , 150 References 1983 IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships Category:Foot races in California Category:International track and field competitions hosted by the United States Category:Women's sports in San Diego Category:Sports competitions in San Diego Category:1980s in San Diego Category:1983 in American women's sports Category:Track and field competitions in California Category:Women's track and field competitions in the United States